Leisurely mountain village

However, he doesn't drink much each day. He has two bottles of beer with his meal, then goes to bed with his wife to watch TV for a while before going to bed early. Although he doesn't need to get up early every day, he's gotten used to it.

Bai Jie had finished eating early, and after washing up Jingjing, she went to bed.

Ye Huan and her grandfather drank quite a bit today, and packed up at eight o'clock. Her grandfather hummed a little tune and went back to his room to sleep. Ye Huan tidied up quickly, picked up Jingjing, and took out some dried sausage and boiled peanuts.

"Saihu, guard the house well." After instructing Saihu, Ye Huan carried Jingjing and took Xiaobai to the back mountain.

"Woof~" Saihu said.

"Wow, Uncle, this place is so beautiful!" Jingjing bounced around on her uncle's bed with her bare feet. Ye Huan opened the movable roof and saw a sky full of stars through the glass. It was indeed extremely beautiful.

He tucked the chair under the table, then took out a bamboo and rattan recliner he had bought while shopping in Jinling that day. He placed it between the window and the bed, just right, leaving a gap for him to walk through.

Ye Huan placed the snacks on the windowsill, took out a pack of six cans of "Chuang Tian Ya" (a popular Taiwanese snack brand), opened one can, and lay down: "Lie down quietly and look at the stars."

"Mmm." She lay down quietly, even pulling the blanket over herself, her thoughtfulness making Ye Huan's heart ache.

"Uncle, can you tell stories?" Jingjing asked Ye Huan.

"Yes, Uncle will tell Jingjing a story. A long, long time ago, there was a little girl whose family had all disappeared. She was all alone, pulling her goods, and on a snowy night, she went barefoot to the main street of town to sell her wares."

"Unfortunately, she hawked her wares for a long time, but no one came to buy her things. The girl was cold and hungry. When she passed by a house, she saw a family having a happy dinner. The table was full of roast chicken, shrimp, fish, and roast lamb."

"In a daze, she seemed to see her great-grandmother making dinner for her and calling her to eat. The girl went to a sheltered corner and hid herself, hugging herself tightly, trying to keep the tattered cotton-padded coat she was wearing warm."

"She realized she had just been hallucinating. Looking down at the goods she hadn't sold a single one, she felt like crying. She was so cold. So she lit the missiles she had sold, and she saw dazzling fireworks and her loving great-grandmother holding her tightly. She felt so warm now, and not cold at all."

"After that, everyone in that town followed the little girl and met her great-grandmother." Ye Huan said with a smile, recalling the modified fairy tale "The Little Girl Selling Missiles" that she had seen online. Then, looking at Jingjing who was sleeping, she got up to cover her with the blanket and tuck the corner of the blanket in.

Then he lay down on the recliner, pulled a blanket from the bed to cover his legs and stomach, took a beer, ate peanuts, and looked out into the distant space. He wondered if there were people on those distant planets watching them from here at that moment.

When they were almost finished drinking the six cans, a light drizzle started to fall outside. Ye Huan closed the roof and half of the curtains to prevent the night light from shining on Jingjing's face. He then looked out at the rain from the other half of the curtains that were not closed.

Seeing that the indoor thermometer was still above 20 degrees Celsius, he didn't move. He just kept rocking and drinking until he fell asleep.

"Uncle, it's dawn." Before eight o'clock in the morning, Ye Huan was woken up by Jing Jing. Seeing how energetic she was, Ye Huan smiled and looked out the window. "Okay, the rain has stopped. We'll go down for breakfast in a bit."

"Mmm, I'm hungry," Jingjing said, then Ye Huan carried her back down the mountain to their home.

She went back to her room, changed her clothes, and came out to find Ye Huan had already prepared the porridge and peeled the eggs. He blew on the porridge for her, and the two of them began their happy breakfast.

A light rain fell overnight, making the morning air exceptionally fresh. The small green vegetables in the garden were easy to pull up. Since Ye Huan had nothing else to do, she said goodbye to her grandfather and went back to her mountain cabin for a nap.

Last night, without realizing it, he drank quite a bit and went to bed late. He also got up early this morning, so he still wanted to sleep. Jingjing followed him, but didn't sleep. Ye Huan opened his laptop, put on her headphones, and played cartoons for her.

Ye Huan slept until eleven o'clock, feeling refreshed. She stretched and yawned. Jingjing, perhaps having been watching for too long, had dozed off on the table. Ye Huan took off her headset, picked her up, and she woke up.

"uncle."

"You're awake. Let's go back and eat." Ye Huan smiled.

When she got home, her mother and Bai Jie were already cooking. Jingjing went over and told her grandmother and mother that the stars were beautiful, that the little girl was cold, and that the little girl had brought everyone in town to see her great-grandmother.

Bai Jie and Ye Huan's mother laughed it off, but Ye Huan's mother even grabbed a stick, threatening to beat him up, saying he had spoiled the child.

"Mom, why are you making so many dishes? There's chicken, fish, and even the leftover deer leg is stewed. What holiday is it today?" Ye Huan asked.

"Your aunt and the others will be here soon, so don't say anything unnecessary," Ye Huan's mother instructed her son. She and her husband always felt that their father had left all the treasures to their son, so they felt a little guilty towards their sister's family.

"Okay, come on over." Ye Huan nodded, indicating she understood, and then went to see her grandfather.

"Grandpa, Aunt and the others will arrive at noon. My mom just said so."

"Okay, I understand," the old man smiled and said nothing. He had initially thought of giving 5 million, then 500, but now he thought, no, he'll give 20, but in installments, otherwise he knows his daughter well.

The main reason is that the old man feels that now that his grandson is back, he doesn't want the family to be arguing all the time. If he angers his grandson and he runs away, where will he find him?

At 11:30, the sound of a car came from outside the courtyard. Apart from Ye Huan and his son, everyone else in the village who owned a car was working in other places, so Ye Huan knew that his cousin's family had also come.

My cousin's Hyundai was bought at the same time as the house; his family actually achieved a comfortable standard of living earlier than Ye Huanjia.

Bai Jie filled a bowl with rice and vegetables, then took it to inspect the construction of the house. Ye Huan knew it wasn't convenient for her to eat there, since her family was definitely going to have something to discuss today, and she was an outsider.

Ye Huan stopped him from taking Jingjing with him. Whether it was Jingjing, Xiaotangyuan, or any other child in the village, Ye Huan would take them home for a while and no one would say anything.

When he was a child, children from the village would often join him for meals at his grandfather's dinner table, since there was meat to eat.

Many people who went out to work or do business, whether intentionally or unintentionally, have forgotten about it. Only Ye Huan's two childhood friends still remember this friendship.

Others might just think they didn't eat much, so it doesn't count as freeloading. After all, they're young, how much could they possibly eat?